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Analysis: Lasalle Police Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Lasalle Police Pension Fund lost $927,529 in 2016, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $6,310,161 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $64,554 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $862,975 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $730,805 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $342,850 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $140,204 – $6,220 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $871,009 in 2016.

Lasalle Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$64,554$862,975-$927,529
2015$353,292$808,624-$455,332
2014$415,033$797,073-$382,040
2013$298,331$659,989-$361,658
2012$42,096$619,852-$577,756

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